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Patented Oct. 20; 1891.

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To all whom, it may concern;-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST SCHIIJLING, a citizen of ,the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful @{nipfiavements in Tea-Chest Linings; and I'de'hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appcrtains to make, use, and practice the same.

My invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in chest lining and covers, as will be hereinafter more fully'set forth and described. i

My invention relates more particularly to the providing of a tea-chest lining which will permit of the same being opened for the purpose of free access being had to the tea and tightly closing the same, so as to prevent deterioration of the tea by loss of strength due to exposure to the atmosphere.

Myinvention further consists in providing theche'st with a supplemental cover adapted to be inclosed'within the lining, so as to more effectually close the chest, and which at the same time, when raised, serves to maintain the lining in its position, so to allow free access to the contents of the'chest.

lleretofore it has been customary to providechests for the reception of tea or the like with a lining of zinc, lead, &c., in order to make ahermetical seal, which, however, besides being exceedingly expensive, nccessitated the destruction-thereof in order to gain access to the contents of the chest, which pre- Iuded the closing thereof hermetically after partial removal of the tea, except through the medium of the chest-cover proper, which at the utmost could only answer to protect the contents from dirt or the like and in no lilftll' ner provide against-loss of strength resulting to the tea.

In order to better illustrate my invention, reference must be had-to theaccompanying, drawings, wherein si milar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing chest partly broken away in order to showinn'er lining more fully; Fig. 2, a side view showing inner lining opened; Fig. 3, an endv ew of .Applicstion iiledJannaryQd,1891. Serial mavens. (in model.)

Fig. 2. Fig. l is a perspective view of the chest, showing the lining and supplemental cover open; and liig. is a vertical section through Fig. 4.

The letter A indicates the chest proper, which may be constructed. in any desired of. Said lining may be constructed of anysuitable material, such as ordinary paper, paraffine-paper, or the like, and in depth sufiicient, when opencd,to extend above the walls, of the chest proper. One side of the lining, which is preferably constructed rectangular, is provided with a re-enforcing metallic strip 0, the outer ends of which extend beyond the ter set forth.

is the metallic frame D, which is'provided -with-tire projectingilangevl'yand pivoted to said-frame is the supplemental cover I), which when closed rests upon the projecting flange (.Z' of the frame D.

When it is desired to seal the chest, the

by folding over the edge or side opposite to therewith. The two are then folded over sew era-l times until the space intermediate between the top thereof and supplemental cover is closed, when the outwardly-extending ends or flaps (l are turned over, so to form a clamp by which the whole maybe securely fastened together.

liythus providing a lining which permits of opening and closing irrespective of the chest-cover proper I provide foranyquantity of tea being extracted from the chest and preventing the remainder deteriorating by loss of strength, which necessarily follows by ex posu re to the atmosphere.

hen the lining is unclamped and opened, the uplifting of the supplemental cover serves to maintain the same opened.

llaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire 'to secure protection in by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s'

1. The combination, with a'tea-chcst, of an \Vithin the lining and secured to the chestthe re- -enforced one until contact is made shape, and l the inner removable lining therelining in order to form a clamp, as hereinafcover I) is first closed, and then the lining,

inner lining, the upper edges thereof extending above the upper edges of the chest and mental cover hinged upon the inner side of 1 whose month are constructed to foldtoget lfer, i5 the lining and adapted, when closed,'to be of the frame secured within the lining and to covered by said lining, substantially as set the chest and of the supplemental 'cover pivforth. I 1 r ota'lly secured to said frame, said cover adapt- 5 2. A tea-chest or the like having an inner ed to be closed prior to the closureof the chest lining, the edges of whose month are conlining, substantially as and for the purpose structed to -f0ld together, provided with a reset'fonth.

eniorcing strip, the outer ends of which are I In testimony hereof Iaflix my-signaturein {iexible and grojgizt begondd the slides Ff the presence of two witnesses.

1o ining, said exi e en s a ap e to orm a clamp or retainer for the lining when closed, I AUGUST CHILHNQ substantially as set forth and described. Witnesses:

3. In a tea-chest or the like, the combina- ROBT. B. BAIN,

tion, with. the lining thereof, the edges of a 0. E. BICKFORD'. 

